For example, in one of the books on physics we may read, "The Law of Gravitation was the first of the great universal laws to be developed ”. It was proposed by Sir Isaac Newton in
the first of the great universal laws to be developed ”. It was proposed by Sir Isaac Newton in 1686, while observing things around him, to account for the fall of the apple and motion of the Moon. He realized that objects can be in one place without moving. He called this phenomenon inertia.
one object toward another. It is determined by the
mass of the two objects and the distance between them. The Law of Universal Gravitation is true everywhere and in all cases, not only on Earth, but also in space. Many experiments have been successfully performed to verify the Law of Gravitation and many observations vouch for its validity. The discovery of the Laws of Gravitation had a strong influence on scientific thinking for centuries.
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Motion due to gravitation Gravitation as a limit to
uniform motion • Gravitation in the sky •Gravitation on Earth •
Properties of gravitation: • The gravitational potential • The shape of the Earth • Dynamics – how do things move invarious dimensions? •The Moon • Orbits – conic sections and more •Tides • Can light fall? • Mass: inertial and gravitational •Curiosities and fun challenges about gravitation • Summary on gravitation